Re: Recommend board for learning waterstarts

Interesting how this string has focused on volume. I'm going to throw
out the proposition that length is im****tant too. Why? Because modern
boards have become so short that most moderately tall people can't put
the boom on the back of the board to float the sail. I'm "lucky"
because I'm short and it's not a problem, but I've seen people
struggling so hard to fly the sail on one of those new "improved"
short boards that they give up and uphaul. And when I try to explain
to them the virtue (and the necessity) or learning to waterstart, they
point out how difficult it is to fly the sail. I can't blame them if
they're trying to fly a 6.5 or more.
So I'd consider looking for an older board, like an old E-Rock, that's
about 9 feet or so. At your height, your boom is probably pretty high
and you'll need that length in the back. There are some good old
boards around, with plenty of sailing left in them. Probably someone
on this group would even give you one that's taking up space in the
garage.
Just my two cents.